The research in this dissertation describes a simple electrochemical approach for fabricating nanoscale (metal/metal) or molecular (metal/polymer or self assembled monolayer (SAM)/metal) junctions. The fabrication involves metal deposition on one...

Regression analysis is a statistical method used to relate a variable of interest, typically y (the dependent variable), to a set of independent variables, usually, X1, X2,...,Xn . The goal is to build a model that assists statisticians in...

Materials that change shape or dimensions in response to external stimuli are widely used in actuation devices. While plenty of systems respond to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, there is an emerging class of light-driven actuators based...

This thesis is an examination of Louisville Times editor Tom Wallace's fight to prevent the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky between 1926 and 1931. By mining Wallace's recently cataloged personal papers, this study...

The goals of this dissertation is to further the understanding of the roles of two genes identified by differential display polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) of cat visual cortex as candidate genes to play a role in visual cortical plasticity....

Data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were used to examine factors that influence emotional distress in older adults with cancer, arid to learn whether these distress trajectories are different from older adults without cancer. The model...

Over the past three decades there has been a rapid increase in the number of disasters occurring worldwide that affect communities, households and individuals. The increase in disasters and the associated impacts are evident in our society. The...

AIDS (Disease) in old age; Older people--Health and hygiene; Older people--Conduct of life

Over the past thirty years, HIV has become a worldwide epidemic. Given the surge in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, this sheds light as a new worry for sexually active older adults, raising questions about risk behaviors...

A man and woman are seated on a shale rock landscape. There is a large chain coming from the upper left of the photo and sweeping through off to the right side. The woman appears to be sitting on the chain.

Address: 840 Ash Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A note on the invoice indicated the camera position as "in front of dividing line between 840-842 looking West." As the focus of the image is the brick sidewalk, this photo may have been...

Address: 215 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers in the air above the buildings of Reed Air Filter Company. Two low buildings are labeled with the company's name. One is brick with awnings and the other is made of sheet metal. Lumber...

Firemen pose with their truck in front of a building labeled "Engine Co. No. 22." Siren horns are attached to the building's suspended canopy. The men wear dark coats, pants, and hats with white shirts and dark ties. The back wheel of the...

Address: River Road and Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A boat comes out of the covered shelter of the U.S. Coast Guard station. A man in a white cap is seated at the front of the boat and two men in dark uniforms are standing at the rear of...

Address: 245 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A sign by the front door announces, "Home of the Innocents." A cross stands above the decorative lintel of the door. The main portion of the three-story building appears to be made of...

Address: 2910 High Street (now Northwestern Parkway), Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky and Indiana Railroad office building stands inside a chain link fence. An ornate balcony with metal grillwork can be seen at the side of the building. The...

A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Department of Labor. A table and three chairs sit in front of the display. From the display, "Dept. of Labor, Edward F. Seiller. Chief. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and...

A group of men in suits pose for a picture in front of the Brown-Forman plant. Suits vary from light to dark colors but all include shirts, ties, jackets and trousers. Some of the men sit on the grass as others stand. There is a chain link fence...

Address: 900 block of Goss Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone road with trolley tracks runs in front of the Louisville Textile Mills. Utility lines are in a line down the sidewalk and the property is surrounded by a chain link fence. At...